Program Lead - Content & Training (BTP)

Mantra Social Services; Gaya; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mantra Social Services in India seeks a Program Lead - Content and Training to own learning content and training design for Grades 6–8, mapped to NCERT outcomes, across 200 government middle schools in Gaya. You will craft PBL units, teacher handbooks, and engaging modules in Hindi, ensuring classroom applicability.

The role requires strong Hindi writing, classroom credibility, and the discipline to revise content using observation and assessment data.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in English and Hindi.
• Strong Hindi content writing skills are essential.
• Master's degree in education, mathematics, science, social science, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in curriculum or content development, instructional design, or teacher training.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop 8 to 10 PBL project units a year for Grades 6 to 8 in math, science, and social subjects, anchored in concepts and mapped to NCERT outcomes and NCF-SE 2023.
• Develop supporting material for each unit: teacher handbooks, student worksheets, driving questions, rubrics, and end-product formats, written in Hindi first.
• Design content testable in a real classroom before printing.
• Design differentiated training modules for teachers, Head Teachers, CRCCs, and Block Technical Teams based on classroom needs and data insights.
• Build every session around one classroom action, with modeling, guided practice, and a clear takeaway for the next day.
• Create need-based refresher content for delivery through Block Technical Teams between main training rounds.
• Co-deliver training at DIET Gaya and facilitate module development workshops with DIET faculty and SCERT resource persons.
• Build the capability of DIET faculty, master trainers, and Block Technical Teams to deliver modules independently over time.
• Support CRCCs and Head Teachers to run monthly learning circles at the school level.
• Specify the annual PBL kit and school STEM library, and coordinate procurement and distribution of handbooks and TLM.
• Track usage of kits and libraries and redesign what is not being used.
• Design and curate Micro-Improvement Projects on DIKSHA mapping to classroom gaps.
• Run a review and approval loop with SCERT and DIET to ensure government ownership of material.

Skills

Fluent in English and Hindi

Hindi content writing

Curriculum/content development

Teacher training

Education

Master's degree in Education or related field

Job description

Job Summary

The Program Lead - Content and Training owns the two things the Block Transformation Program puts in a teachers hands: the learning content and the training that makes it usable. The role designs and develops concept-anchored Project-Based Learning material for Grades 6 to 8 in math, science, and social subjects, mapped to NCERT competencies, and builds the training modules for teachers, Head Teachers, CRCCs, and Block Technical Teams that turn that material into classroom practice across close to 200 government middle schools.

Every session this role designs are built around a single question: what will the teacher do differently in the classroom the next day. The role works closely with DIET Gaya to build master trainer capacity, so that training is eventually delivered by the government system rather than by us. It suits someone with genuine classroom credibility, strong Hindi writing, and the discipline to revise content against what observation and assessment data actually show.

Responsibilities

1. Content Design and Development

• Design and develop 8 to 10 PBL project units a year for Grades 6 to 8 in math, science, and social subjects, anchored in concepts and mapped to NCERT learning outcomes and NCF-SE 2023.


• Develop the supporting material each unit needs: teacher handbooks, student worksheets, driving questions, assessment rubrics, and end-product formats, written in Hindi first and classroom-ready.


• Design content that a teacher with limited preparation time and a crowded classroom can actually run, and test it in a real classroom before it goes to print.

2. Training Design

• Design differentiated training modules for teachers, Head Teachers, CRCCs, and Block Technical Teams, based on classroom needs and data insights rather than on a fixed annual calendar.


• Build every session around one classroom action, with modeling, guided practice, and a clear takeaway the participant will use the next day.


• Design need-based refresher content for delivery through Block Technical Teams between the main training rounds.

3. Training Delivery and Master Trainer Development

• Co-deliver training for teachers, Head Teachers, and CRCCs at DIET Gaya, and facilitate module development workshops with DIET faculty and SCERT resource persons.


• Build the capability of DIET faculty, master trainers, and Block Technical Teams to deliver the modules independently over time, and reduce our own delivery share each year.


• Support CRCCs and Head Teachers to run monthly learning circles at complex level where teachers solve real classroom problems together.

4. TLM, PBL Kits and STEM Libraries

• Specify the annual PBL kit and the school STEM library, and work with the team on procurement, distribution, and print-ready finalization of handbooks and TLM.


• Track actual usage of kits and libraries with the Monitoring and Evaluation lead, and redesign what is not being used.

5. Micro-Improvement Projects on DIKSHA

• Design and curate Micro-Improvement Projects on DIKSHA that map directly to the classroom gaps seen in observation data, and support teachers to submit them.

6. Content Quality and Government Alignment

• Ensure all content is academically accurate, age-appropriate, inclusive, and aligned to SCERT expectations, NEP 2020, NCF-SE 2023, and PARAKH middle-stage competencies.


• Run a review and approval loop with SCERT and DIET so that the material carries government ownership, not only our logo.

7. Using Evidence to Revise Content and Training

• Use classroom observation data from the Grade 6-8 Classroom Observation Tool, especially the Check for Understanding domain, along with student assessment results and training feedback, to revise modules and material each cycle.


• Visit schools regularly to see the content being used, and treat what happens in the classroom as the test of whether the design worked.

8. Showcase and Recognition

• Develop the formats and material for annual block and district PBL Melas and for Parent-Teacher Meetings that showcase student work, so that recognition is built into the design and not added at the end.

Experience Competencies Required

• Must be fluent in English and Hindi.


• Strong Hindi content writing skills are essential as the content will be used in Hindi-medium government classrooms.


• A relevant master's degree in education, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, or a related field is highly preferred.


• Must have 2-5 years of experience in curriculum or content development, instructional design, teacher training, or classroom teaching. Candidates with experience in reputed education fellowships are also welcome.